12 Facts About Norbert Lins

Norbert Lins was born on 22 December 1977 and is a German politician who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.

Norbert Lins is a member of the Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party.

Norbert Lins graduated from High School of Economics in Ravensburg in 1997.

Norbert Lins then did his military service with the German Armed Forces in Sigmaringen.

Norbert Lins then completed a master's degree in "European Public Management" at the University of Applied Sciences in Ludwigsburg and Kehl.

From 2004 to 2009, Norbert Lins worked as head of office to Andreas Schwab at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Norbert Lins was active in local politics in the Young Christian Democrats and the CDU.

Since 2011, Norbert Lins has been vize-chairman of the CDU Wurttemberg-Hohenzollern and since 2013 a member of the executive board of the CDU Baden-Wurttemberg.

Norbert Lins first served on the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

Norbert Lins was a member of the Special Committee on the Union's authorisation procedure for pesticides; in 2018, he served as rapporteur for the Special Committee on the EU Pesticide Approval Process, along with Congressman Bart Staes.

Norbert Lins is a substitute member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee and the Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly.

Ahead of the Christian Democrats' leadership election in 2018, Norbert Lins publicly endorsed Friedrich Merz to succeed Angela Merkel as the party's chair.